Speaking to No. 4--a novel with French & Japanese themes
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I hope this post doesn't violate the group rules, as the novel I am recommending is a novel of my own. I am a Romanian-born American writer currently living in France, and I am looking for groups with an affinity with my forthcoming novel, Speaking to No. 4 (Nov. 29).
A future husband—No. 4—is desperately seeking his fiancée, who has disappeared. To locate her, he is interviewing her three former husbands, her sister, and ex sister-in-law. Could she be hiding in a French monastery? A Japanese shukubo (temple lodging)? Or maybe she is the victim of a belief in a Balkan creation myth?
From America to France and Eastern Europe to Japan, this quest for a woman who has disappeared is both a psychological mystery and a meditation on our notions of space and architectural design. As husband No. 3, the Architect, says to husband-to-be No. 4, “Think of Japanese space as a novel in which the main character is absent.”
I couldn't find any groups with a focus on French themes, and the group interested in Japanese literature appeared to be dormant, so I am posting this here.
A future husband—No. 4—is desperately seeking his fiancée, who has disappeared. To locate her, he is interviewing her three former husbands, her sister, and ex sister-in-law. Could she be hiding in a French monastery? A Japanese shukubo (temple lodging)? Or maybe she is the victim of a belief in a Balkan creation myth?
From America to France and Eastern Europe to Japan, this quest for a woman who has disappeared is both a psychological mystery and a meditation on our notions of space and architectural design. As husband No. 3, the Architect, says to husband-to-be No. 4, “Think of Japanese space as a novel in which the main character is absent.”
I couldn't find any groups with a focus on French themes, and the group interested in Japanese literature appeared to be dormant, so I am posting this here.
